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Amol Rajan sits in with Anne Reid

Iconic British actor Anne Reid is Amol's special guest as he continues to sit in for Zoe.

Iconic British actor Anne Reid is Amol's special guest as he continues to sit in for Zoe. Anne chats about starring in an adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Sanditon, which she started writing before she died but never completed. Anne also reflects on her career, how she began acting and on working with Victoria Wood.

Along with Tina Daheley on news, Richie Anderson on travel and Hugh Ferris on sport, he and the team have the best start to your morning. With celeb guests, quizzes, headlines, tunes chosen by listeners, and more music that you can shake a glitterball at!

You tell us about your underwhelming leaving gifts, from pens and briefcases to framed photos of the boss! Hugh chats to St Helens rugby coach Justin Holbrook ahead of the Challenge Cup final at Wembley this weekend.

There's also weather with Carol Kirkwood and a daily Pause For Thought from Reverend Tony Miles as Amol entertains the nation with fun for the family!

2 hours, 59 minutes

Last on

Thu 22 Aug 2019 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Pulp

    Disco 2000

    • Hits.
    • Island.
    • 6.

  • Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello

    厂别帽辞谤颈迟补

    • (CD Single).
    • Fontana Island Records.

  • Christopher Cross

    Ride Like The Wind

    • Christopher Cross.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

    I Don't Care

    • No.6 Collaborations Project.
    • Atlantic.

  • Queen

    Crazy Little Thing Called Love

    • The Game.
    • Island.
    • 5.

  • Prince

    1999

    • 4Ever.
    • Warner Bros.

  • Status Quo

    Liberty Lane

    • Backbone.
    • Ear Music.

  • Gwen Stefani & Akon

    The Sweet Escape

    • (CD Single).
    • Interscope.

  • P!nk

    Can We Pretend (feat. Cash Cash)

    • Hurts 2B Human.
    • RCA Records.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Left To My Own Devices

    • Introspective / Further Listening 1988-1989.
    • EMI.

  • Westlife

    Dynamite

    • Spectrum.
    • EMI.

  • Alison Moyet

    Love Resurrection

    • Alison Moyet Singles.
    • Columbia.

  • Liam Gallagher

    One Of Us

    • Why Me? Why Not.
    • Warner Music.

  • Calvin Harris

    Summer

    • Now That's What I Call Music! 88 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
    • 5.

  • The Divine Comedy

    National Express

    • New Hits 99 (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Sam Smith

    How Do You Sleep?

    • Capitol.

  • Elton John

    Part-Time Love

    • The Very Best Of Elton John.
    • Rocket.

  • Dire Straits

    Money For Nothing

    • Sultans Of Swing - Best Of Dire Straits.
    • Vertigo.

  • Ariana Grande & Social House

    boyfriend

    • (CD Single).
    • Republic.

  • Primal Scream

    Country Girl (Radio 2 Session, 26th July 2019)

  • Miami Sound Machine

    Dr. Beat

    • NOW 1984 (Various Artists).
    • NOW.

  • Britney Spears

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.

  • Sigrid

    Don't Feel Like Crying

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.

  • Bryan Adams

    Summer Of '69

    • Bryan Adams - The Best Of Me.
    • Mercury.

  • Train

    Hey, Soul Sister

    • (CD Single).
    • Columbia.
    • 1.

  • Genesis

    I Can't Dance

    • Genesis - Turn It On Again.
    • Virgin.

  • Twinnie

    Social Babies

    • Hollywood Gypsy.
    • BMG Rights Management (UK).

  • A Taste of Honey

    Boogie Oogie Oogie

    • Disco Fever 2 (Various Artists).
    • Universal.

Pause For Thought

Pause For Thought
Tony Miles, Reverend at Methodist Central Hall Westminster:聽
Well, Amol, A-Level results in England and Wales were revealed last Thursday, and today here it鈥檚 the GCSEs! Now when the Miles family lived in Essex, our home backed onto a secondary school, which was very handy when our kids were teenagers: they didn鈥檛 have to leave home until the bell rang! Brilliant. Living so close, I can remember the commotion every August as students opened the dreaded envelopes to reveal their results: the joyous shrieks, followed by loads of hugging. Yet, my heart always went out to those clearly devastated and crestfallen amid the rowdy and preoccupied majority.聽
Bless 鈥榚m, a few sensitive souls would notice their anguish and extend a consoling arm or whisper words of sympathy. But what to say? Well, last week, the Archbishop of Canterbury tweeted a wise truth: 鈥楢lbert Einstein鈥�, he said, 鈥榝ailed his history, geography and language exams. Your grades don鈥檛 define your ability.鈥� I like that! Today is the anniversary of a mathematician in 1736 declaring that the world was to end a few months later that same year. Well, 鈥榮urprise surprise鈥�, it didn鈥檛! And failing exams isn鈥檛 the end of the world either. In fact, you鈥檙e listening to 鈥楾he Rev鈥� who got the lowest grade in his R.E. exams at school.
Sir Richard Branson once declared that failure should be seen a lesson, 鈥榰se that learning鈥� he said, 鈥榯o improve your chances of success when you try again. Failure is only the end if you decide to stop.鈥� Good advice, but let鈥檚 be honest, a lecture probably isn鈥檛 what you need when you鈥檙e feeling the pain. What I needed back in 1979 was someone to come alongside me; pick me up gently, accept me for who I am, and have faith in my potential. Christians believe that鈥檚 how God is for people when they don鈥檛 make the grade in whatever situation 鈥� with the offer of a fresh start! So, on this 鈥榤ixed emotion Thursday鈥�, I鈥檓 going to pray for everyone on cloud nine and those feeling down in the dumps. Remembering a verse in the Bible: 鈥楻ejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.鈥�

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Aug 2019 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 2